Zhou Enlai

Zhou Enlai

Zhou Enlai (Chinese: 周恩来; pinyin: Zhōu Ēnlái; Wade–Giles: Chou1 Ên1-lai2; 5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was a Chinese statesman and military officer who served as the first premier of the People's Republic of China from 1 October 1949 until his death on 8 January 1976. Zhou served under Chairman Mao Zedong and helped the Communist Party rise to power, later helping consolidate its control, form its foreign policy, and develop the Chinese economy. As a diplomat, Zhou served as the Chinese foreign minister from 1949 to 1958. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zhou Enlai has received more than 2,829,956 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Zhou Enlai is the 515th most popular politician (up from 534th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from China (up from 40th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Politician.

Zhou Enlai was a Chinese Communist politician who served as the first Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1976. He was instrumental in the Communist Party's rise to power, and subsequently in the Chinese Civil War and the establishment of the People's Republic of China.